PYMNTS
OCTOBER 23, 2019
There is only so much time in a day to watch programming and only so much monthly budget to devote to food delivery services. Has the subscription commerce market reached saturation? The real question may be which of the many current and planned subscription services will come out on top. Last week, Netflix released earnings that were fairly positive.
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OCTOBER 25, 2019
Mark Flinchum and Andy Manchir of Katz, Sapper & Miller’s ESOP Services Group, along with Mark Kossow of Clark Hill, join Jim DeLuccia on the “CPA Conversations” podcast hosted by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA).
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Mastercard is introducing a Data Responsibility Imperative to spark a conversation with other companies about data security, Mastercard said in a press release on Oct. 24. Mastercard wants organizations to work together to heighten privacy and fend off cyberattacks. The initiative depends on coming up with fundamentals to direct how data is used. It is based on the premise that businesses have a responsibility when it comes to data management. .
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
FinTech firms are keeping a pulse on how merchants retain their customers — and how they can help them with those strategies through technology. One of the ways organizations such as airlines keep customers returning, Modo CPO Ryan Lee told PYMNTS in an interview, is through a robust loyalty program. However, making loyalty a currency or allowing it to be a method of tender, he said, “is quite complicated.
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OCTOBER 21, 2019
The mood in the air at the start of the 2010s was different from the one that preceded the start of the 2000s. The shift from 1999 to 2000 was (mostly) a joyous and cheerful environment. Sure, there was a slight lingering concern that a glitch in how the world’s PCs were programmed might accidentally bring on the tech-pocalypse affectionately referred to as Y2K.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Mastercard is celebrating National Women’s Small Business Month by gathering it’s Women’s Business Advisory Council for a retreat and launching its first ever Small Business Summit in New York City. “Small Businesses are the heart of the nation. During a month where our attention turns to them, we are continuing to drive a dialogue with women entrepreneurs from across the country to better understand their needs and challenges and ensure that we are advocating for them through action,” Cheryl Gu
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 20, 2019
Uber Eats announced that it has launched a new pickup feature nationwide. The feature was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, Texas, and was made available across the country on Friday (Oct. 18). The company’s rivals — DoorDash, Grubhub and Postmates — already offer a pickup service to their customers. “This gives eaters more flexibility in how they access food and provides them the option to order through Uber Eats and collect the food themselves,” Elspeth Rollert, Uber Eats
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Cross-border payments firm Western Union is advancing real-time money transfers to customers in India, the company said in a press release on Friday (Oct. 25). Western Union was the first money transfer company to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI), a solution developed by the National Payments Corporation of India under Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
From swimming pools to parking spots to storage spaces , there are no goods or services that can’t be adapted to the sharing economy. One of the latest retail-related trends is “crowdshipping,” i.e. crowdsourced delivery. That’s exactly the business model of Roadie , Rappi, Shipit and other startups founded on the principle of using people rather than large corporations to aid in the critical last mile of delivery.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
New complexities and frictions are emerging every day as the mobile order-ahead industry continues to grow. One of the hotter flashpoints of the scene pits in-house ordering apps up against third-party ordering platforms. Which side QSRs pick in this battle typically comes down to size. Many large chains that can hold their own have sworn off third-party ordering entirely, while smaller chains tend to embrace as many third-party apps as they can for greater exposure.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 22, 2019
This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. But merchant services programs can offer a way for those smaller FIs to gain and retain an edge – assuming, of course, it’s all done right.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
We might all be in the middle of one of the greatest — and most vital — cat-and-mouse games of all time. That’s the sense one gets when considering efforts to prevent fraudsters from exploiting digital payments and commerce, efforts taking on more importance as the global economy continues to grow — and which keep getting smarter, thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing intelligent shopping carts that are billed as a way to improve the in-store experience. Canadian food retailer Sobeys , for instance, is bringing the technology to grocery stores with the rollout of the Sobeys Smart Cart, which will offer shoppers a “highly engaging, fun and fast way to shop,” per an announcement.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 22, 2019
New York-based startup Moon will allow customers to pay for their Amazon purchases with bitcoin via the Lightning Network, bitcoin, Litecoin or Ether. “We believe that cryptocurrency is the future of money. Our team is building the technologies to bring this future to fruition. We are engineers, builders and enthusiasts who love bitcoin and the change it will bring to the world.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Nordstrom NYC, which is scheduled to open on Oct. 24, will offer several different food and beverage locations in the store, as well as the ability for shoppers to order food and have it delivered to them while they shop. The store has seven floors and is Nordstrom ’s biggest location ever. Bloomberg is reporting that the new store will have a bevy of innovative options intended to entice customers into spending more time shopping.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
London-based FinTech firm Revolut partnered with Visa to roll out a multi-currency travel debit card in Singapore, Visa said in a press release on Wednesday (Oct. 23). . The new card offers users the ability to spend overseas in over 150 currencies at the real exchange rate and without hidden fees. . A YouGov survey commissioned by Visa showed that people in Singapore are open to the idea of using neobanks and want a debit product.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 20, 2019
Mastercard announced that it is rolling out Mastercard Bill Pay Exchange with the help of several new partners, including ConEd, Avidia Bank, Aliaswire Inc., OSG Billing Services and Transactis. The new offering will make it easier for consumers to view, manage and pay telecom, utility, rent, credit card, mortgage and other bills without the hassle of having to set up different accounts, track multiple passwords, and log in to multiple websites.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
New Zealand is a country that can be easy to overlook when it comes to FinTech. But the story of how payments are evolving there can offer lessons for the rest of the globe, along with glimpses of how the relevant technology might play out in the 2020s. And that’s why PYMNTS recently caught up with Steve Wiggins, the chief executive of payment governance organization Payments NZ , and Serge van Dam , a venture capitalist focused on FinTech in that country, to get a better idea of what’s going o
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Corporate fraud comes in many colors, but for many businesses, the most unexpected threat is the one looming from within company walls. This week, IBM announced a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to develop a blockchain solution to address supply chain fraud in the seafood industry, including cases of incomplete documentation and mislabeling. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is also the tool of choice for Chainvine, which uses blockchain to mitigate against the risk of supply chain fraud in th
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Zuckerberg Tells Congress That Libra Fills A Global Payments Void. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services on Wednesday (Oct. 23), to both promote and defend proposed cryptocurrency Libra. He faced lawmaker skepticism over a range of Libra’s stated ambitions, but he reiterated his position: Libra is not meant to replace sovereign currency, and it will aid the unbanked population of the world.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payments feature that lets people transfer funds using a mobile phone number, TechNode reported on Wednesday (Oct. 23). WeChat users can unlock the new feature from the messaging app and transfer money to the receiver’s WeChat wallet by entering a phone number — even if both parties are not friends. The feature is currently available only on iOS.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Mastercard announced that it is partnering with PNC Bank to pilot Payment on Delivery, a new solution allowing businesses to pay a supplier in real time when receiving goods or services. The solution leverages the RTP network from The Clearing House for real-time payments clearing and settlement capabilities, allowing suppliers to receive instant access to funds, as well as detailed information about the transaction.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Mastercard is strengthening its existing collaboration with commercial card startup Brex to fuel growth in the U.S., the companies announced on Thursday (Oct. 24). According to a press release , Brex has named Mastercard as its preferred network in an expansion of their existing partnership, which already sees Brex able to issue World Elite Mastercard for Business commercial cards.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. And many consumer-focused companies are finding the subscription model attractive, as it can help them establish long-running customer relationships and more predictable revenue streams.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The popular Cash app, owned by Square, now has the ability for users to buy and sell stocks. CNBC is reporting that customers who use the San Francisco-based app can even buy fractions of a stock, an option that isn’t available for rivals like the Robinhood app. For example, stocks like Berkshire Hathaway class A shares were trading for $315,000 on Thursday, but customers can buy a portion of them for as little as $1.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 23, 2019
PayPal reported third-quarter results Wednesday that showed continued growth in peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions and customer engagement — and the firm passed a monthly billion-transaction milestone. In terms of headline numbers, the company’s adjusted earnings per share came in at 61 cents, topping the 52 cents expected by the Street. Revenues were $4.4 billion, up 19 percent year on year compared to the $4.3 billion that had been expected by the Street.
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OCTOBER 22, 2019
Mastercard is acquiring the U.S. technology company SessionM to help it build more profitable relationships with consumers, Mastercard said in a press release on Tuesday (Oct. 22). SessionM’s loyalty platform spurs stronger bonds with retailers, restaurants, airlines and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. The acquisition will help Mastercard use data-driven insights to offer personalized guidance to brands.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
So far, the young life of the Apple Card has turned out pretty — perhaps even spectacularly — good, depending on the source. However, the real tests are yet to come, as is the case for anything new and popular. The recent news about Apple Card includes a big thumbs-up from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. The investment bank is hardly an unbiased observer when it comes to Apple Card — Goldman is the bank behind the payment method, after all.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 22, 2019
In early 2019, Visa launched the “ She’s Next, Empowered by Visa ” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. Since its launch in the U.S. earlier this year, the program has hosted workshops in New York, Atlanta and, most recently, Washington D.C. to connect like-minded women founders with industry experts for education, inspiration and networking opportunities to help them build out their entrepreneurial visions
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 20, 2019
Ghana says it plans to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy. The government claims that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020. In addition, there are plans to make payments for all government services cashless by next year.
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